Two escape during marijuana, ammo find

Last Updated on Friday, 11 July 2014, 21:06 by GxMedia

The marijuana and ammunition found at the camp at Sheet Anchor.

Two men fled police Friday afternoon, leaving behind a sizeable amount of marijuana and ammuniton at a camp at Sheet Anchor, East Canje, Berbice.

Police said they found 178 twelve gauge shotgun cartridges and 4.5 kilogrammes of dried marijiuana.

“Two men were seen running away from the camp as the police ranks approached,” police spokesman, Ivelaw Whittaker said in a statement.